Reggie Bu$h speaks: Everything’s cool, y’all

In his weekly journal for cbssportsine, New Orleans Saints rookie Reggie Bu$h discusses the recent allegations against him, but only in general terms. Bu$h does not categorically deny accepting $100,000 from marketing agents, as a Yahoo! investigation indicated he did. Instead, Bu$h calls them “crazy allegations” and says he would “never put the school (USC) in jeopardy.”
In case you missed it, click here for the Yahoo! story. And here’s Bu$h’s journal entry:

Firstly, for me and my family, we are not going to speak on the allegations, because there is nothing to speak about. We are not going to get into a shouting match with the media — it could go on forever. It would just be a he said, she said thing.

If there comes a time that we need to address it, we will, but I can assure everybody there is nothing to worry about. People are just digging to find something.

My friends and family support me because they know what kind of person I am and I would never put the school (Southern California) in jeopardy. Honestly, if I accepted $100,000 in gifts, I might as well have stayed in college and got my degree.

These are crazy allegations and people don’t use their head when they speak about stuff. I’m not worried about the media; they do what they do best — write stories and give opinions. I don’t even read the newspaper or listen to what they say on TV.

I wasn’t at all distracted against Green Bay. When it’s game time, it’s game time. I feel so blessed to be here, my whole life is a blessing. I love doing what I can, I make money and help people in need — that’s what matters the most. Making a difference in the community and focusing on football — the positive things.

As for the game, we couldn’t run very much, so I had to contribute in the passing game. I wasn’t sure how the game would go or how many yards I would get, it just happened to work out that way. We won the game, which is the most important thing.

Drew Brees is doing great; we believe in him 100 percent. We know he is going to lead us and do a great job and hopefully lead us into the playoffs this year.

Sean Payton is doing a great job too, allowing us to bond and grow as a team. He changed the entire team and we are responding to it. The Saints always had talent, but we just needed a different attitude. He changed the way guys think and we are getting better every game.

This week we have the Falcons at home on Monday Night Football. It’s going to be a huge game and everything that was needed to make this a big game is here. But we need to focus on the game itself instead of making it bigger than it is.

I haven’t been inside the finished Superdome yet. I was inside when it was still under construction, but I heard it looks great and we are excited to be playing at our home field.

I’ll be looking forward to scoring on Monday Night Football — I look to score all the time — but it would be great to get my first score in prime time.